Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Blackfish DVD Extras

Welcome to Voice of the Orcas blog. If you've found your way here from the Blackfish DVD, you're in the right spot. There are 8 great new interviews that supplement the movie, including one with Gabriela Cowperthaite, the films director, and Dr. Naomi Rose, a leading killer whale expert.

Gabriela has a new interview on the movie DVD

Below are three of the papers linked to in the DVD extras, and other supplemental material that help to shed light on the practice of keeping killer whales (Orcinus orca) in concrete enclosures for profit. This practice will end at some point, and our goal is to get information out and accelerate the process.

To dig in deeper, please consider visiting our primary website, which has a more robust collection of Q&A videos, photos & a science page with dozens of references and links. All of the material below can be downloaded and printed.

1 comment:

My comment is not about the Blackfish DVD extras---which are wonderful, by the way. Everyone should view the bonus features on the Blackfish DVD.

My comment is about dolphin "branding" at SeaWorld. Someone online commented that the dolphins at SeaWorld San Antonio were "branded" (like cattle branding) up near their dorsal fin and that they were bothered by the sight of it.

I had never heard of this before. I asked the person if maybe the dolphin they saw was branded somewhere else before it came to SeaWorld. The person said that it wasn't only one---it was many of the dolphins.

I can't imagine SeaWorld or any other owner making ID marks on dolphins that are visible to the park guests.

Can anyone at VOTO please tell us what this person might have seen and what it is all about?